Bioinformatics (BITC 2350) at Austin Community College

Austin Community College will be offering a semester long, on-line course in bioinformatics Fall semester 2010.

Bioinformatics (BITC 2350) introduces current topics in bioinformatics and computational biology. The course discusses methods for high-throughput data collection, storing, and accessing biological data. Covers programs and algorithms used to analyze data.

The course emphasizes the following topics: working with public databases, molecular structures, nucleic acid and amino acid sequences, and data from gene expression analyses such as microarrays and next generation DNA sequencing.

Internet access is required.

Instructor: Sandra Porter